'THE PARABLE OF THE FIG TREE...WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? Jesus Christ The Son Of God, The King Of The JEWS/ISRAEL!
Please read along with me....
The Fig Tree and its fruit, the fig, are mentioned several times in the New Testament as well as the Old Testament. Biblical references to figs are often symbolic and refer to more than just the common Mediterranean fruit tree and the Common Fig. In the Bible, figs are a symbol or type, subject to various interpretations.
In the Old Testament, the fig tree is the third tree to be mentioned by its name. The first is the Tree of Life and the second is the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Adam and Eve used the leaves of the fig tree to sew garments for themselves when they realized they were naked.Genesis 3:7 It was one of the food produced by the promised land Deuteronomy 8:8-10
In 1 Kings 4:25 it was listed as a great accomplishment: During Solomon's lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree. This wonderful situation was later turned around during the reign of Hezekiah as 2 Kings 18:5-7 testify: Hezekiah trusted Jehovah, the God of Israel, there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah either before or after him. He held fast to Jehovah and did not cease to follow him; he kept the commands Jehovah had given Moses, and Jehovah was with him; he was successful in whatever he undertook. He rebelled against the King of Assyria and did not serve him.
The Assyrian commander addressed the people and said, "Do not listen to Hezekiah, this is what the King of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each one of you will eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern, until I come and take you to a land like your own...." 2 Kings 18:31-32 Of course Jehovah was fond of Hezekiah and his people and the Assyrian invasion was not successful this time.
Proverbs 27:18 likens tending a fig tree to looking after one's master. Of course there was a fig tree in the garden of the Song of Solomon. In the year of love the tree formed its fruit earlySong of.
The Parable of the budding fig tree is found in Matt 24:32–36, Mark 13:28–32, Luke 21:29–33 as part of the Olivet discourse.
The Parable of the barren fig tree is a parable of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of Luke 13:6–9. A vinekeeper holds out hope that a barren fig tree will bear fruit next year.
Mark 11:12–20 includes an account of Jesus 'withering a fig tree / clearing the temple:
A parallel is found in Matthew 21:18–22. In Mark 11:20-24, the next day, Simon Peter notices that the cursed fig tree has withered. In Matthew, the fig tree withers immediately and is noticed at that time by the disciples.
The Jewish Encyclopedia[3] states that the fig tree is a symbol of the coming of the Mashiach:
Messiah, Hebrew: משיח; mashiah, moshiah, mashiach, or moshiach,("anointed [one]") is a term used in the Hebrew Bible to describe priests and kings, who were traditionally anointed with holy anointing oil as described in Exodus 30:22-25. For example, Cyrus the Great, the king of Persia, though not a Hebrew, is referred to as "God's anointed" (Messiah) in the Bible.
In the noncanonical Apocalypse of Peter, Peter discusses the significance of the fig tree with Jesus, who says the fig tree represents "the house of Israel."[4]
Some say that Jesus responded harshly in such action (as the above mentioned Bertrand Russell). The significance of not bearing spiritual fruit means that a branch or plant is spiritually dead and must be cut off.[15][16] As understood here, to have such fruit we must be grafted onto Christ, the true vine. This may be considered in a context of the Biblical definition of spiritual fruit as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.[17]
The apostle Paul seeks to clarify the issue in Romans 11,[18] correcting those who believed that Israel was rejected forever. There is difference of opinion about what Paul is actually referring to when he says 'all Israel will be saved'.[19] Dispensationalist theology maintains that Israel will be restored politically and spiritually as the people of God. Reformed theology teaches that Israel is representative of all of God's children in Christ and includes those whom Paul referred to as having been 'grafted in'.[20] These differences of interpretation reflect differing views of eschatology. A example of a popular dispensationalist theologian is Cyrus Scofield, while the views of Matthew Henry are those of a reformed theologian.
Matthew Henry comments on the Matthew 21 and Mark 11 passages but does not refer one to another, suggesting he thought they were two separate events
I personaly pay attention to:
According to the Gospel, Jesus was hungry, and:
Traditional Christian exegesis regarding these accounts include affirmation of the Divinity of Jesus by demonstrating his authority over nature. Traditional Reformed thinking states that this event was a sign given by Jesus of the end of the exclusive covenant between God and the Jews, see also Supersessionism. Under such an interpretation, the tree is a metaphor for the Jewish nation i.e. it had the outward appearance of godly grandeur (the leaves), but it was not producing anything for God's glory (the lack of fruit). This interpretation is connected to the parable of the barren fig tree.
2.) The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree (not to be confused with the parable of the budding fig tree) is a well known parable of Jesus. However, it appears in only one of the Canonical gospels of the New Testament. According to Luke 13:6-9 the parable is about a fig tree which does not produce fruit.
3.) The Parable of the Budding Fig Tree is a well known parable of Jesus found in three out of the four Canonical gospels of the New Testament. According to Matthew 24:32-35, Mark 13:28-31, and Luke 21:29-33 this parable is about the Kingdom of God. It involves a fig tree, as does the equally brief parable of the barren fig tree, with which it should not be confused.
Please read along with me....
The Fig Tree and its fruit, the fig, are mentioned several times in the New Testament as well as the Old Testament. Biblical references to figs are often symbolic and refer to more than just the common Mediterranean fruit tree and the Common Fig. In the Bible, figs are a symbol or type, subject to various interpretations.
In the Old Testament, the fig tree is the third tree to be mentioned by its name. The first is the Tree of Life and the second is the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Adam and Eve used the leaves of the fig tree to sew garments for themselves when they realized they were naked.Genesis 3:7 It was one of the food produced by the promised land Deuteronomy 8:8-10
In 1 Kings 4:25 it was listed as a great accomplishment: During Solomon's lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, lived in safety, each man under his own vine and fig tree. This wonderful situation was later turned around during the reign of Hezekiah as 2 Kings 18:5-7 testify: Hezekiah trusted Jehovah, the God of Israel, there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah either before or after him. He held fast to Jehovah and did not cease to follow him; he kept the commands Jehovah had given Moses, and Jehovah was with him; he was successful in whatever he undertook. He rebelled against the King of Assyria and did not serve him.
The Assyrian commander addressed the people and said, "Do not listen to Hezekiah, this is what the King of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each one of you will eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern, until I come and take you to a land like your own...." 2 Kings 18:31-32 Of course Jehovah was fond of Hezekiah and his people and the Assyrian invasion was not successful this time.
Proverbs 27:18 likens tending a fig tree to looking after one's master. Of course there was a fig tree in the garden of the Song of Solomon. In the year of love the tree formed its fruit earlySong of.
The Fig Tree and figs are featured in the Book of Jeremiah.
Another species of ficus, the Egyptian Sycamore Fig is occasionally mentioned as well, for example 1 Kings 10:27 (and Luke 19:4 in the New Testament).The Parable of the budding fig tree is found in Matt 24:32–36, Mark 13:28–32, Luke 21:29–33 as part of the Olivet discourse.
The Parable of the barren fig tree is a parable of Jesus recorded in the Gospel of Luke 13:6–9. A vinekeeper holds out hope that a barren fig tree will bear fruit next year.
Mark 11:12–20 includes an account of Jesus 'withering a fig tree / clearing the temple:
A parallel is found in Matthew 21:18–22. In Mark 11:20-24, the next day, Simon Peter notices that the cursed fig tree has withered. In Matthew, the fig tree withers immediately and is noticed at that time by the disciples.
The Jewish Encyclopedia[3] states that the fig tree is a symbol of the coming of the Mashiach:
Messiah, Hebrew: משיח; mashiah, moshiah, mashiach, or moshiach,("anointed [one]") is a term used in the Hebrew Bible to describe priests and kings, who were traditionally anointed with holy anointing oil as described in Exodus 30:22-25. For example, Cyrus the Great, the king of Persia, though not a Hebrew, is referred to as "God's anointed" (Messiah) in the Bible.
In the noncanonical Apocalypse of Peter, Peter discusses the significance of the fig tree with Jesus, who says the fig tree represents "the house of Israel."[4]
There are approximately 30 references to The Fig tree in the Bible (depending on the translation) and approximately 50 references to a vine. Some are literal and some metaphorical. These are in the Gospels:
- The cursing of the barren fig tree by Jesus (Matthew 21:18-22), (Mark 11)
- The parable of the barren fig tree (Luke 13:6-9)
- The parable of the budding fig tree (Mar 13:28-29), (Mat 24:32-33), (Luke 21:29-31)
- In chapter 15 of the gospel of John, Jesus says he is 'the vine'.
- There are also references to 'the vineyard' in the Old Testament, believed to be related to Israel in the prophesies of Isaiah.[7]
Some say that Jesus responded harshly in such action (as the above mentioned Bertrand Russell). The significance of not bearing spiritual fruit means that a branch or plant is spiritually dead and must be cut off.[15][16] As understood here, to have such fruit we must be grafted onto Christ, the true vine. This may be considered in a context of the Biblical definition of spiritual fruit as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.[17]
The apostle Paul seeks to clarify the issue in Romans 11,[18] correcting those who believed that Israel was rejected forever. There is difference of opinion about what Paul is actually referring to when he says 'all Israel will be saved'.[19] Dispensationalist theology maintains that Israel will be restored politically and spiritually as the people of God. Reformed theology teaches that Israel is representative of all of God's children in Christ and includes those whom Paul referred to as having been 'grafted in'.[20] These differences of interpretation reflect differing views of eschatology. A example of a popular dispensationalist theologian is Cyrus Scofield, while the views of Matthew Henry are those of a reformed theologian.
Matthew Henry comments on the Matthew 21 and Mark 11 passages but does not refer one to another, suggesting he thought they were two separate events
| “ | ... Christ looked to find some fruit, for the time of gathering figs, though it was near, was not yet come; but he found none. He made this fig-tree an example, not to the trees, but to the men of that generation. It was a figure of the doom upon the Jewish church, to which he came seeking fruit, but found none...The disciples could not think why that fig-tree should so soon wither away; but all wither who reject Christ; it represented the state of the Jewish church. We should rest in no religion that does not make us fruitful in good works...".[21] |
I personaly pay attention to:
- Cursing the fig tree, a miracle of Jesus
- Parable of the barren fig tree, a parable of Jesus found only in the Gospel of Luke
- Parable of the budding fig tree, another parable of Jesus found in all three synoptic Gospels
According to the Gospel, Jesus was hungry, and:
Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see whether perhaps he would find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. He said to it, ‘May no one ever eat fruit from you again.’ And his disciples heard it.In the Gospel of Matthew the fig tree withers immediately, while in the Gospel of Mark (11:20-24), the tree is noticed as having withered by the next day.
Traditional Christian exegesis regarding these accounts include affirmation of the Divinity of Jesus by demonstrating his authority over nature. Traditional Reformed thinking states that this event was a sign given by Jesus of the end of the exclusive covenant between God and the Jews, see also Supersessionism. Under such an interpretation, the tree is a metaphor for the Jewish nation i.e. it had the outward appearance of godly grandeur (the leaves), but it was not producing anything for God's glory (the lack of fruit). This interpretation is connected to the parable of the barren fig tree.
2.) The Parable of the Barren Fig Tree (not to be confused with the parable of the budding fig tree) is a well known parable of Jesus. However, it appears in only one of the Canonical gospels of the New Testament. According to Luke 13:6-9 the parable is about a fig tree which does not produce fruit.
3.) The Parable of the Budding Fig Tree is a well known parable of Jesus found in three out of the four Canonical gospels of the New Testament. According to Matthew 24:32-35, Mark 13:28-31, and Luke 21:29-33 this parable is about the Kingdom of God. It involves a fig tree, as does the equally brief parable of the barren fig tree, with which it should not be confused.
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